A rip-off of THX-1138... and a poor one at that

Rating: 5/10 (20 April 2008)

Few people will have seen George Lucas' 1970 film, "THX-1138", but the story will be strangely familiar.. in a dystopian future society, where people are bred and their organs harvested, one man starts to question his controlled environment, and eventually escapes. I strongly recommend you see THX-1138, if only to watch the amazing closing scene... which bears a striking resemblance to the end of this film, but blows it out of the water.
As a Michael Bay treatment, this of course oozes gloss and an abundance of exploding helicopters (and Scarlett Johannson, adding an action film feather to her cap). But next to zero character development, making it a disappointing addition to the genre. The last third of the film is kind of original, but frankly I lost interest at this point.
For my money, THX-1138 and other 70s films such as Logans Run, would run this into the ground. But its nice eye candy if you want your characters two dimensional and your plots fed to you with a large, sugar-coated spoon.